Max Trichomes
Quantum Kittens Syndicate
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Posted - 2012.07.04 16:07:00 -
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Dewie Cheecham wrote:Why hate the goons? They are a great source of entertainment in EVE.
I don't really hate anyone, especially not someone on the internet that I don't even really know. But I will openly admit I don't like them very much. Same for TEST.
Now I will be the first to say hulkageddon is quite a bit of fun, and does truly improve all of EVE IMO (I have never suicide ganked anyone, I am in a anti-pirate corp). But let's be real here, hulkageddon was not pushed so hard to promote fun or 'sponsor emergent gameplay', it was pushed to put isk in Goon's pocket. Over 50% the cost of a Hulk is technetium, and we all know who controls the game's technetium supply.
Although there are plenty of cool people in both TEST and Goons, the corps on a whole welcome scummy, crappy people with open arms. That means there are lots more crappy people in both corps than most corps in EVE. A lot of Goons and testies don't play to win, but play to make others lose. Going around trying to 'harvest tears' does not create an enjoyable game. People who gain joy simply but causing others unhappiness are bad people, regardless if its in a game. I am competitive as all hell and I play to win, but not just to see others lose. They have the sportsmanship of a 12year old. Most people get in a fight they say GF after, Goons get in a fight they talk mad sh*t. Plus they usually handle themselves like 12 year olds on the forums, which is why I assume a few of the decent Goon posters hide their corp on the forums.
Also the recruitment scams TEST like to run are scummy as hell. Decent people can't do that to other people, not even in a video game. It may be silly but people are quite emotionally invested in their internet Eve items, especially when its taken them 5,6,7+ years to collect. To steal everything you can, up to everything they own if they're real dumb, in one swoop is not cool. It has never happened to me, but I have to assume that causes some real life emotional distress. Never would I say you shouldn't kill people. I totally support killing anything anybody undocks in. Nothing better then getting a juicy hauler, or a faction fitted something. What I do not support is stealing everything someone owns under the false pretense of being allies. Now the victim has nothing left for me to blow up in pew pew. How can taking combatants off the battlefield for everyone, just to give one of the richest alliances in the game even more isk be considered a good thing. You know as well as I there is never enough people to blow up. EVE can still be a cold, dark, and cruel universe without being a cesspool.
And before you say it, nope I am not mad. Never been scammed. I just don't think decent people can cause that much unnecessary unhappiness to another, even in a video game. You are no better than a real life thief that is too lazy to get a job. You want large sums of isk speculate the market like the intelligent Eve billionaires, instead of your dumb ass thievery. It takes a scummy person to pray on those less intelligent than themselves (I am not calling TESTies intelligent, just their prey are really really dumb.)
That is why I am all for taking Goons and Co. down. I can not do it from EVE because I cannot form 400+man fleets with Titan support. If I can help do it Dust-side, you better believe I am going to. |